Weed-extractor.



' PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

H. BARRY.

WEED EXTRAGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1905.

lm/bananas UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I HENRY BARRY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

I To all whom it may concern.-

tion.

Be it known that I, HENRY BARRY, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of CoOk'andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Weed-Ex tractor, of which the following is a specificanot liable to breakage or erangement.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the extractor, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding, parts in both the figures of the rawings.

In the embodiment illustrated a tubular open-ended and preferably cylindrical body 3 is employed, the lower end of which is provided with a sharpened cutting edge 4, said body also having an openin 5 in one side,- which opening ta ers towar its upper end. The inner side 0 the lower portion of the body below the opening 5 may be rou hened,- as shown at 6. A guide in the-form of a plate 7 extends through the top of the side opening 5 at an inclination downwardly to the opposite side and toward the cutting edge 4, this guide being secured in place by any suitable meansas, for instance, a rivet 8 passing through itsupper end and through the a jacent wall of the body. Said guide therefore divides the interior ofthe body intov a lower weed-receiving compartment 9, the walls of which are roughened, and an upper handle-receiving socket 10, a handle 11 having its'lower end fitted in said socket.

n usin the device the operator places the cutting e go about the crown of the weed to. be removed and forces the lower part of the body intp the soil, thereby surrounding the upper portion of the I Weed-root. Conseuently the said portion will be clamped in t e weed-receiving compartment and will be Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 22, 1906. Serial No. 276,254.

WE'ED-EXTRAOTOR- Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

held by the roughened face. drawing the extractor the weed will be removed with it, and when the device is placed over another weed and again forced into .the

earth, the extracted weed will be movedupwardly' and directed out throu the side 0 ening 5 by the guide 7. By -t s device,

t erefore, weeds can be rapidly and effectively removed, and by having the handle ofsufiicient length the operator may work without stooping orbending.

Upon with- From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and manyadvantages of the herein-described invention will be a parent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may beresorted to without departing from the. spirit or sacrificing any 0 the advanta es of the invention.

aving thus described my invention, what I plaim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is.

' 1. In a weed-extractor, a tubular openended body having a circular cutting edge at its lower end and an upwardly-tapering opening at its side, an inclined guide-strip having itsend secured outside the body above the opening, said strip extendin through the top of the opening downwar y at an inclination across the interiorof said-bod to the opposite wall, said guide-stri de ning a weed-receiving compartment be ow the same and a handle-receiving socket above it, and a handle-stick separate from the guide-strip, said stick having its lower end locatedin the receiving-socket above saidguide-strip.

2. In a weed-extractor, a body provided with a weed-receiving compartment havin an open lower end and an open side,- sai body having a cutting and having its inner edge roughened to hold the material forced into the compartment through the lower end from dropping therefrom, an inclined guide constituting the top of the compartment and moving the weeds to the side opening, and a handle secured to the body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own-I have hereto afiixed my signature.

witnesses.

in the presence of two HENRY BARRY.

'Witnesses: I H. O. FLECK,

J. H. MQDONOUGH.

edge at its lower end I ace above the cutting 

